Search
Sepsidnet
Sepsidnet Logo
A Digital Reference Collection for the Sepsidae of the World

Microsepsis furcata (Melander et Spuler, 1917)

(Originally described as Sepsis)

Male

Specimen Photo Medium Resolution

Microsepsis furcata. Male alcohol-vouchered specimen.

Deposited at:  Evolutionary Biology Laboratory, National University of Singapore (Singapore)

Yuchen Ang
C
All Rights Reserved

Diagnosis

Diagnosis Image

Diagnostic illustrations for adults

Adapted from:

Silva VC (1993). Revisao da familia Sepsidae na regiao Neotropical. 3. Os generos Palaeosepsis Duda, 1926, Archisepsis gen. n. e Microsepsis gen. n.; chave para os generos Neotropicais (Diptera, Schizophora). Iheringia Serie Zoologia 75: 117-170.

Source:

Morphoglossary

HeadThoraxAbdomen(Male)Abdomen(Female)

Taxonomy Information

Classification

Sepsidae: Sepsinae: "Lower sepsids": "Neotropical clade": Microsepsis

Synonyms

MICROSEPSIS FURCATA melander et Spuler 1917 (as Sepsis). Jamaica: Exact locality not stated. Lectotype ♂, by designation of Ozerov, 1993c: 75, in National Museum of Natural History, Washington, USA.

Source:

Ozerov 2005, World Catalogue of the Family Sepsidae (Insecta: Diptera), Zoologicheskie issledovania 8.

Distribution

Neotropical: Argentina (Tucumán), Belize, Bolivia, Brazil (Amapá, Bachia, Mato Grosso, Pará, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, São Paulo), Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero), Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, USA (Puerto Rico), Venezuela.

Nearctic: USA (Florida).

Source:

Ozerov 2005, World Catalogue of the Family Sepsidae (Insecta: Diptera), Zoologicheskie issledovania 8.

External Links